True or False:
The current bench press world record is over 1200lbs
What is False. The current world record was set in 2008 at 1075 lbs
100
Application of overload principle to increase cross sectional area of a muscle, commonly called hypertrophy.
What is strength training
100
Slowly increasing the frequency, intensity, type of exercise or time of exercise
What is progression
100
Exercise done by lowering the body to the ground in a straight line with the arms, bending at the elbows until the chest touches the ground and then extending the elbows until the body is in the starting position once again.
What is a push-up
100
The primary mover muscles in the push-up
What are the pectoralis major and minor
200
The world record for most push-ups in 24 hours is:
A. 12,017
B. 24,826
C. 33,916
D. 46,001
What is D. 46,001 by Charles Servizio
200
Load needs to be small, adaptions take place slowly. For example, low weight/high rep
What are endurance programs (muscular endurance training).
200
FITT-VP stands for
What is frequency, intensity, time, type, volume, progression
200
This is one way a push-up can be progressed
Acceptable answers:
What is...adding a plate/chain, decline push-ups, TRX push-ups, plank push-ups, eccentric push-ups
200
The secondary mover in a push-up exercise
What is the triceps
300
When was the world record for consecutive push-ups set?
What is 1980
300
Medium to heavy weight for 3 sets of 6-10 repetitions will increase this
What is hypertrophy
300
Occur when training load is greater than normal then progressively increased.
What is adaptations
300
Three hand position variations for a push-up
What is diamond push-up, wide grip push-up, knuckle push-up, fingertip push-up, one handed push-up, clapping push-up, hand stand push-up
300
The category of muscular fitness push-ups fall under
What is muscular endurance
400
The world record for consecutive push-ups is
What is 10,507 by Minoru Yoshida
400
Best exercise to test 1RM for the chest
What is bench press
400
The gradual increase of stress placed upon the body during exercise training
What is progressive overload
400
Most widely used tests for muscular power of the chest muscles and muscular endurance of the chest muscles
What is bench press for muscular power and push-ups for muscular endurance
400
This kind of animal does push-ups
What is a lizard
500
The world record for push-ups in one year is
What is 1,500,230 (by Paddy Doyle in 1989)
500
Application of overload principle is reflected in the hearts ability to pump more blood. (Increase cardiac output)
What is aerobic training
500
Three ways in which you can apply the overload principle
What is frequency, time, and intensity
500
The five main muscles used in the standard push-ups
What is Pectoralis major/minor, Deltoids, Triceps brachii, Serratus anterior, Coracobrachialis
500
This number is closest to the world record of push-ups in 5 minutes:
A. 270
B. 365
C. 450
D. 710
What is C. 450 (exact answer is 441 by Giuseppe Cusano in 2003)